Pulau Saparua Transportation

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From Ambon to Saparua is a good start from Tulehu.

Here see the Jembatan Tulehu (Seabridge) at the morning - at horizont in front the Pulau Haruku.

If you will get e good place it is good to come very early at sunrise.

The boat will start so about 8 o clock and arrive so an hour later in Iwataka(north Saparua) or a little longer in Haria (south west Saparua).

To board the Speedboat is a little difficult but there are much helping hands like the photo from 2007 shows..

The new time (2012) with the speedship makes the boarding from the Tulehu harbour quai is a little easier, but it is even recommended to do it careful!

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The streets in Saparua are different but in reconstruction now.
Like the street from Kota Saparua to north villages -see at Photo.

Shure it would even be good idea to try it with bicycle- but see, the streets go mustly up and down- not much- but remember the heat of the tropical day.

It is easy to take an "Ankota"- mostly named "Oto" in Saparua. They run at usual daytimes regularly- so 2000...3000 Rp/person

Of course for a roundtour is maybe better to rent a car. Same, if you want to Haria harbour in the morning for beeing right time at ferry.

Last photo a camera snapshoot from driving angkota, just driving over the central mountain of Saparua - see the blue bay of Tuhaha and the relative hight green plateau mountain - the water hill for the near around villages in northwest Saparua.

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There are regular ferries between Tulehu on Ambon and Haria on Saparua. The Express Bahagia travels twice each day except Sunday leaving Haria for Tulehu at approximtely 7 am and 11 am and returning from Ambon at 9am and 1 pm. The price for a one way economy class ticket in January 2011 was 50,000 rupiah. On a nice day there are some great views from the back deck of Pulau Seram and the villages on Pulau Haraku. The trip takes one hour. If leaving Haria on the 11 am ferry, it is a good idea to get to the port by 10.15 to buy your ticket as the ferry does get full on some days.

Starting with ferry from Haria harbor back to Pulau Ambon.
Here at photo nice weather at morning sun.
Good time for last Photos if this nice Island.
Here the ferry goes first northnorthwest in small the channel between Pulau Haruku and Pulau Saparua, later in front the great Seram (Nusa Ina) westward without stop to Ambon.
It needs so about an one and an half hour at good weather.

Going in Saparua from village to village it es easy to take an bus-
or like in Maluku usual said an "oto".

Alternative way is to take an ojek- a motorcycle.
Here typical scene at village.

If you will take a tour, simply call and the driver it will pick up.

Travelling from and to Saparua is a good way to take the ferry Matahari.

Here at the picture the ferry crosses at morning in nice weather in the Banda sea,
south of Pulau Haruku.

In far at horizon are seen the blue mountains of Ambons southeast coast.

Going to Seram is easy from North Saparua.
I myself not yet time enought to do, but it is easy going by speedboat of fishery boat from Iwataka to Rumakay in Saparua.

Here at Photo of Seram from north Saparua, seen from "Jembatan"- the seabridge of Ihamahu:

"Evening clouds over the wild mountain woods of Nusa Ina".

NUSA INA is the old malukan name Seram with its wild woods (yet) and hight mountains (one mountain is remarcable, cause of its hight and its near distance to the seecoast). -

Seram is worth a visit!

The coast of the greatest island in Maluku is here only so about 20 Km apart- near enough with a perahu I think- but in modern times even the smallest fishing boat prefers to cross the see street with motorpower!